A study being released today finds that bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to make plastic and suspected of causing cancer, stays in the body much longer than previously thought.
The findings are significant because the longer the chemical lingers in the body, the greater chance it has of doing harm, scientists say.
Researchers from the University of Rochester in New York also say the chemical may get into the body from sources such as plastic Read the rest of this entry »

The Pew Environment Group recently acquired documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revealing that three Chilean salmon farming companies, including the two largest producers of farmed salmon, used a number of drugs not approved by the U.S. government. These chemicals include the antibiotics flumequine and oxolinic acid and the pesticide emamectin benzoate. The documents further show that the farmed salmon containing residues of Read the rest of this entry »

MILWAUKEE — A study being released today finds that bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to make plastic and suspected of causing cancer, stays in the body much longer than previously thought.
The findings are significant because the longer the chemical lingers in the body, the greater chance it has of doing harm, scientists say.
Researchers from the University of Rochester in New York also say the chemical may get into the body from sources such Read the rest of this entry »

“Back then, it was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young. I was stupid. I was naive. And I wanted to prove to everyone that I was worth being … one of the greatest players of all time.
“I did take a banned substance, and for that, I’m very sorry, and deeply regretful.”
The revelation sent another round of shock waves through the industry, as the story has engulfed baseball since Saturday. The ripple effect went all the way to the
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Federal regulators are calling on physicians to return a chemical agent made by Advanced Medical Optics Inc., saying it has been linked to dozens of eye problems.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a recall on lot number UD30654 of Healon D, a surgical agent used in cornea transplants, cataract removal and other ophthalmic procedures. The product comes prepackaged in a syringe and is applied using a small tube.
The FDA classified the recall Read the rest of this entry »

Genentech, Inc. (NYSE:DNA) today announced that a Phase III study
(RIBBON 1) of Avastin
(bevacizumab), in combination with
taxane, anthracycline-based or capecitabine chemotherapies for
first-line treatment of metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer, met its
primary endpoint of increasing the time patients lived without their
disease advancing, compared to the chemotherapies alone. The primary
endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) was assessed Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON – The first large study in humans of a chemical widely used in everyday plastics has found that people with higher levels of bisphenol A had higher rates of heart disease, diabetes and liver abnormalities, a finding that immediately became the focus of the increasingly heated debate over the safety of the chemical.
The research, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association by a team of British and American scientists, Read the rest of this entry »

Sticking to a full Mediterranean diet provides substantial protection against major chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published on the British Medical Journal website.
A ’score’ based on adherence to the Mediterranean diet could be used as an effective preventive tool for reducing the risk of premature death in the general population, say the authors.
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The local health unit is asking the province to consider using a new tool to help measure whether families with children can afford to purchase nutritious food.
At the December meeting of the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Board of Health members approved a motion to send a letter to the Premier of Ontario requesting the Nutritious Food Basket be used as a tool when the government develops its Deprivation Index as part of Read the rest of this entry »

ALR Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ALRT) announces
the funding for a clinical trial (the Trial) sponsored by Endocrine
Research Society (ERS) of Vancouver, Canada. The objective of this trial is
to determine the effectiveness of ALRT’s diabetes compliance system vs.
standard regimen on increasing patient compliance with prescribed
self-testing of blood sugar in Type 2 diabetics.
Currently, industry data indicates that only 14% of prescribed self-testing
of Read the rest of this entry »